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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Quix-ōt'ic, a. p. 1078Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance. “Feats of quixotic gallantry.” Prescott.Quix-ŏt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1078In a mad or romantic manner.Quix'ot-ism, n. p. 1078Romantic and absurd notions; schemes or actions like those of Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes.Quix'ot-ry, n. p. 1078Quixotism; visionary scheme.Quiz, n. p. 1078A riddle or obscure question; an enigma. 2. One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz. 3. An odd fellow. Smart.Quiz, v. t. p. 1078To puzzle; to run upon; to ridicule or make sport of. He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room. Thackeray. 2. To look sharply and mockingly at; to peer at; to eye suspiciously.Quiz'zer, n. p. 1078One who quizzes others, or makes them the objects of sport by deceiving them.Quiz'zie-al, a. p. 1078Comical. [Colloq.]Quiz'zing-glāss, n. p. 1078A small eye-glass.Quiz'zism, n. p. 1078The act of one who quizzes; the habit of quizzing.Quōb, v. i. p. 1078To move, as the fetus in utero; to throb; to quiver. [Local and vulgar.]Quōd, v. i. p. 1078Quoth; said. See QUOTH. [Obs.]Quōd'dy, n. p. 1078A kind of scaled herrings, cured in North America by smoking or salting. Simmonds.Quōd'li-bet, n. p. 1078A nice point; a subtlety. These are your quodlibets, but no learning, brother. Fletcher. 2. (Mus.) A medley improvised by several performers.Quōd’lib-e-tā’ri-an, n. p. 1078One who talks and disputes on any subject at pleasure. [Obs.]Quōd'li-bē'tie-al, a. p. 1078Not restricted to a particular subject; moved or discussed at pleasure for curiosity or entertainment. [Obs.]Quŏd'li-bĕt'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 1078At pleasure; for curiosity; so as to be debated for entertainment. [Obs.]Quoif, n. p. 1078A cap or hood; a coif. Shak. In this word, and also in quoit, quote, quotation, and quotient, the u was formerly suppressed in pronunciation.Quoif, v. t. p. 1078To cover or dress with a coif. See COIF.Quoif'fûre, n. p. 1078A head-dress.Quoil, n. p. 1078A coil. See COIL.Quoin, n. p. 1078Any external angle; especially (Arch.), the external angle of a building; sometimes, formerly, vertical angular projections formed on the face of a wall for ornament. Oxf. Gloss. 2. A wedge-like…Quoit, n. p. 1078A circular ring or piece of iron, stone, or other material, to be pitched or thrown at a fixed object in play. 2. The discus of the ancients, thrown in trials of strength.Quoit, v. i. p. 1078To throw quoits; to play at quoits.Quoit, v. t. p. 1078To throw. Quoit him down, Randolph. Shak. 2. To drive away. Ford.Quŏll, n. p. 1078(Zoöl.) A marsupial quadruped of Australia; Dasyurus macrurus. It is nearly the size of a cat.Quōn'dam, a. p. 1078Having been formerly; former. This is the quondam king. Shak.Quōn'dam, n. p. 1078A person formerly in any position, office, &c.; one ejected from a position. [Rare.] Make them quondams; out with them; cast them out of their office. Latimer.Quōok, imp. p. 1078of quake. [Obs.] Spenser.Quōp, v. i. p. 1078See QUOB.Quō'rum, n. p. 1078Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorum of the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was not…Quō'tā, n. p. 1078A proportional part or share; or the share, part, or proportion assigned to each. “Quota of troops and money.” Mottley.Quōt'a-ble, a. p. 1078Capable or worthy of being quoted or cited.Quo-tā'tion, n. p. 1078The act of quoting or citing. 2. That which is quoted or cited; the part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration. Locke. 3. (Com.) The naming of the current price…Quo-tā'tion-ist, n. p. 1078A person who makes quotations. “The narrow intellectuals of quotationists.” Milton.Quōte, v. t. p. 1078To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer; to quote chapter…Quōte, n. p. 1078A note upon an author. [Obs.] Cotgrave.Quōte'less, a. p. 1078Not capable or worthy of being quoted.Quōt'er, n. p. 1078One who cites the words of an author or speaker.Quoth, v. i. p. 1078Said; spoke; — used only in the first and third persons in the past tenses; as, quoth I, quoth he, and with the nominative always following the verb. Let me not live, quoth he. Shak.Quoth’á, interj. p. 1078Indeed! To affront the blessed hillside drabs and thieves With mended morals, quotha, — fine new lives! E. B. Browning.Quo-tĭd'i-an, a. p. 1078Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.Quo-tĭd'i-an, n. p. 1078Any thing returning daily; especially (Med.), a fever whose paroxysms return every day. Milton.Quō'tient, n. p. 1078(Arith.) The number resulting from the division of one number by another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a greater; thus, the quotient of twelve divided by four is three;—applied…Quō'tum, n. p. 1078Part or proportion; share; quota. [R.] M. Müller. The number of names which are really formed by an imitation of sound dwindles down to a very small quotum if cross-examined by the comparative…Quo War-ran'to or R p. 1078(Law.) A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or corporation exercises certain powers. Blackstone. An information in the nature of a quo warranto is now commonly…Ra p. 1079An inseparable prefix or preposition, from the Lat. re and ad combined, coming to us through the French and Italian. See Re and AD.Ràb, n. p. 1079A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.Ra-bāte', v. t. p. 1079(Falconry.) To recover to the fist, as a hawk. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Ra-bā'to, n. p. 1079A kind of ruff or folded-down collar of a shift or shirt. [Obs.] Other rabato were better. Shak.Rab-bāte', v. t. p. 1079To abate. [Obs.] Palsgrave.Rab-bāte', n. p. 1079Abatement or diminution. [Obs.]Răb'bet, v. t. p. 1079To cut, as the edge of a board, in a sloping manner, so that it may form a joint with another board, similarly cut, by lapping; also, to cut a rectangular groove, or recess, longitudinally in the…Răb'bet, n. p. 1079A sloping cut made upon the edge of a board, so that it may form a joint with another board, similarly cut, by lapping; also, a rectangular recess, or groove, cut longitudinally in the edge of a…Răb'bet-joint, n. p. 1079A joint formed by rabbeting the parts of a board or piece of timber; a rabbet.Răb'bet-plāne, n. p. 1079A joiner's plane for cutting a rabbet. Moxon.Răb'bi, n. p. 1079Master; lord; sir;—a Jewish title of respect or honor, belonging to a teacher or doctor of the law. Be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren. Matt. xxiii.…Răb'bĭn, n. p. 1079The same as RABBI, q. v.Rab-bīn'ic or Rab-bīn'ic-al, a. p. 1079Pertaining to the rabbins, or Jewish doctors of the law, or to their opinions, learning, and language. We will not buy your rabbinical fumes; we have One that calls us to buy of him pure gold tried…Rab-bin'ic, n. p. 1079The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew.